Dilemmas in the community risk management of sexually offensive behaviour

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 171-175

  Robertson, John ^a   Clegg, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attribution theory; Learning disability; Risk; Sexual offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449021042     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2002.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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